{"id":2269,"date":"2023-12-16T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:16:03","slug":"list-things-i-love-about-sf-plus-writing-fountain-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2023\/12\/16\/list-things-i-love-about-sf-plus-writing-fountain-pens\/","title":{"rendered":"List: Things I Love About SF (plus Writing & Fountain Pens)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Handwriting! This spontaneous, incomplete, outburst-type list (in no particular order) is written with a Noodler’s Konrad fountain pen in Appalachian Pearl that has been modified with a Goulet Pens stub nib. The gorgeous gray-green ink is Herbin’s Vert de Gris on Clairefontaine paper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have periodically called up my parents to thank them for raising me in San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, they met and married here, but there was always a chance they could have returned to the midwest or northeast with me. But I’m so glad they stayed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was wonderful to grow up in a place where school building dominate the neighborhoods; where there are so many libraries; where I had so many classmates from other places, domestically and internationally; where I could hear different languages while riding the bus or visiting a friend at home; where there are so many cool, kid-friendly parks and museums; where I could go trick or treating with grown men dressed as fairies; where my multi-racial background and my parents’ interracial marriage were within local norms; where I could see adults with a very wide range of professions, and know how many options there are…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has also been great to be an adult here. There is an economy! While there are boom-bust cycles, there are often plenty of jobs, and many are in new industries. The idea of changing the world with an invention seemed totally possible – nearly inevitable! <\/em> I didn’t know in childhood that I (and many of my friends and classmates) had futures working in industries that were just being created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boom-bust cycles are rough, and both the wild successes (like tech) and the disasters (like COVID) can be disruptive and devastating. For the past few years, the City has felt a bit hollowed out, though I see positive signs of revival when I am out and about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco is a great place, and I feel lucky to live here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have periodically called up my parents to thank them for raising me in San Francisco. Sure, they met and married here, but there was always a chance they could have returned to the midwest or northeast with me. But I’m so glad they stayed! It was wonderful to grow up in a place where … <\/p>\n

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